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  1. Article ; Online: Analysis of Orientia tsutsugamushi promoter activity.

    Hunt, Jason R / Carlyon, Jason A

    Pathogens and disease

    2021  Volume 79, Issue 7

    Abstract: Orientia tsutsugamushi is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes scrub typhus, a potentially fatal rickettsiosis, and for which no genetic tools exist. Critical to addressing this technical gap is to identify promoters for driving expression of ... ...

    Abstract Orientia tsutsugamushi is an obligate intracellular bacterium that causes scrub typhus, a potentially fatal rickettsiosis, and for which no genetic tools exist. Critical to addressing this technical gap is to identify promoters for driving expression of antibiotic resistance and fluorescence reporter genes in O. tsutsugamushi. Such promoters would need to be highly conserved among strains, expressed throughout infection, and exhibit strong activity. We examined the untranslated regions upstream of O. tsutsugamushi genes encoding outer membrane protein A (ompA), 22-kDa type-specific antigen (tsa22) and tsa56. The bacterium transcribed all three during infection of monocytic, endothelial and epithelial cells. Examination of the upstream noncoding regions revealed putative ribosome binding sites, one set of predicted -10 and -35 sequences for ompA and two sets of -10 and -35 sequences for tsa22 and tsa56. Comparison of these regions among geographically diverse O. tsutsugamushi patient isolates revealed nucleotide identities ranging from 84.8 to 100.0%. Upon examination of the candidates for the ability to drive green fluorescence protein expression in Escherichia coli, varying activities were observed with one of the tsa22 promoters being the strongest. Identification and validation of O. tsutsugamushi promoters is an initial key step toward genetically manipulating this important pathogen.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Antigens, Bacterial/genetics ; Antigens, Bacterial/metabolism ; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics ; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Cell Line ; Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics ; Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism ; Haplorhini ; HeLa Cells ; Humans ; Orientia tsutsugamushi/genetics ; Promoter Regions, Genetic ; Rickettsia Infections/microbiology ; Scrub Typhus/microbiology ; THP-1 Cells
    Chemical Substances Antigens, Bacterial ; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins ; Bacterial Proteins ; Green Fluorescent Proteins (147336-22-9) ; OMPA outer membrane proteins (149024-69-1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-09-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2049-632X
    ISSN (online) 2049-632X
    DOI 10.1093/femspd/ftab044
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  2. Article ; Online: Orientia tsutsugamushi OtDUB Is Expressed and Interacts with Adaptor Protein Complexes during Infection.

    Adcox, Haley E / Berk, Jason M / Hochstrasser, Mark / Carlyon, Jason A

    Infection and immunity

    2022  Volume 90, Issue 12, Page(s) e0046922

    Abstract: Orientia tsutsugamushi is an etiologic agent of scrub typhus, a globally emerging rickettsiosis that can be fatal. The bacterium's obligate intracellular lifestyle requires its interaction with host eukaryotic cellular pathways. The proteins it employs ... ...

    Abstract Orientia tsutsugamushi is an etiologic agent of scrub typhus, a globally emerging rickettsiosis that can be fatal. The bacterium's obligate intracellular lifestyle requires its interaction with host eukaryotic cellular pathways. The proteins it employs to do so and their functions during infection are understudied. Recombinant versions of the recently characterized O. tsutsugamushi deubiquitylase (OtDUB) exhibit high-affinity ubiquitin binding, mediate guanine nucleotide exchange to activate Rho GTPases, bind clathrin adaptor protein complexes 1 and 2, and bind the phospholipid phosphatidylserine. Whether OtDUB is expressed and its function during O. tsutsugamushi infection have yet to be explored. Here, OtDUB expression, location, and interactome during infection were examined. O. tsutsugamushi transcriptionally and translationally expresses OtDUB throughout infection of epithelial, monocytic, and endothelial cells. Results from structured illumination microscopy, surface trypsinization of intact bacteria, and acetic acid extraction of non-integral membrane proteins indicate that OtDUB peripherally associates with the O. tsutsugamushi cell wall and is at least partially present on the bacterial surface. Analyses of the proteins with which OtDUB associates during infection revealed several known O. tsutsugamushi cell wall proteins and others. It also forms an interactome with adapter protein complex 2 and other endosomal membrane traffic regulators. This study documents the first interactors of OtDUB during O. tsutsugamushi infection and establishes a strong link between OtDUB and the host endocytic pathway.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Orientia tsutsugamushi/physiology ; Endothelial Cells ; Scrub Typhus ; Protein Binding ; Monocytes
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 218698-6
    ISSN 1098-5522 ; 0019-9567
    ISSN (online) 1098-5522
    ISSN 0019-9567
    DOI 10.1128/iai.00469-22
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  3. Article ; Online: Can't live outside you: a thematic issue on obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens.

    Coers, Jörn / Newton, Hayley J / Carlyon, Jason A

    Pathogens and disease

    2021  Volume 79, Issue 9

    MeSH term(s) Bacterial Physiological Phenomena ; Disease Susceptibility ; Host-Pathogen Interactions/genetics ; Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology ; Humans ; Intracellular Space/immunology ; Intracellular Space/metabolism ; Intracellular Space/microbiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Editorial ; Introductory Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 2049-632X
    ISSN (online) 2049-632X
    DOI 10.1093/femspd/ftab054
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  4. Article ; Online: Selenomonas sputigena Interactions with Gingival Epithelial Cells That Promote Inflammation.

    Hawkes, Colin G / Hinson, Annie N / Vashishta, Aruna / Read, Curtis B / Carlyon, Jason A / Lamont, Richard J / Uriarte, Silvia M / Miller, Daniel P

    Infection and immunity

    2023  Volume 91, Issue 2, Page(s) e0031922

    Abstract: Increased prevalence and abundance of Selenomonas sputigena have been associated with periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of tooth-supporting tissues, for more than 50 years. Over the past decade, molecular surveys of periodontal disease using ... ...

    Abstract Increased prevalence and abundance of Selenomonas sputigena have been associated with periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of tooth-supporting tissues, for more than 50 years. Over the past decade, molecular surveys of periodontal disease using 16S and shotgun metagenomic sequencing approaches have confirmed the disease association of classically recognized periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Treponema denticola, and Tannerella forsythia while highlighting previously underappreciated organisms such as Filifactor alocis and S. sputigena. Despite abundant clinical association between
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Inflammation ; Periodontitis/pathology ; Porphyromonas gingivalis/metabolism ; Periodontal Diseases ; Cytokines/metabolism ; Epithelial Cells/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Cytokines
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 218698-6
    ISSN 1098-5522 ; 0019-9567
    ISSN (online) 1098-5522
    ISSN 0019-9567
    DOI 10.1128/iai.00319-22
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  5. Article ; Online: Ceramide-1-phosphate is a regulator of Golgi structure and is co-opted by the obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen

    Read, Curtis B / Ali, Anika N / Stephenson, Daniel J / Macknight, H Patrick / Maus, Kenneth D / Cockburn, Chelsea L / Kim, Minjung / Xie, Xiujie / Carlyon, Jason A / Chalfant, Charles E

    mBio

    2024  Volume 15, Issue 4, Page(s) e0029924

    Abstract: Many intracellular pathogens structurally disrupt the Golgi apparatus as an evolutionarily conserved promicrobial strategy. Yet, the host factors and signaling processes involved are often poorly understood, particularly ... ...

    Abstract Many intracellular pathogens structurally disrupt the Golgi apparatus as an evolutionarily conserved promicrobial strategy. Yet, the host factors and signaling processes involved are often poorly understood, particularly for
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Mice ; Anaplasma phagocytophilum/metabolism ; Golgi Apparatus/metabolism ; Ceramides ; Neoplasms ; Mammals/metabolism
    Chemical Substances ceramide 1-phosphate ; Ceramides
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2557172-2
    ISSN 2150-7511 ; 2161-2129
    ISSN (online) 2150-7511
    ISSN 2161-2129
    DOI 10.1128/mbio.00299-24
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  6. Article ; Online: Impact of community initiatives on non-EMS bystander CPR rates in West Yorkshire between 2014 and 2018.

    Lockey, Andrew S / Brown, Terry P / Carlyon, Jason D / Hawkes, Claire A

    Resuscitation plus

    2021  Volume 6, Page(s) 100115

    Abstract: Aim: Bystander CPR rates have steadily increased in England between 2014 and 2018. In West Yorkshire, there have been two important developments during this time. We aimed to describe whether postcode districts (PCDs) with more cumulative annual ' ... ...

    Abstract Aim: Bystander CPR rates have steadily increased in England between 2014 and 2018. In West Yorkshire, there have been two important developments during this time. We aimed to describe whether postcode districts (PCDs) with more cumulative annual 'Restart a Heart' (RSAH) and/or Community First Responder (CFR) scheme activity between 2014 and 2018 were associated with greater improvements in non-EMS bystander CPR rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) when compared with PCDs in the same region with lesser or no such historic activity during the same time period.
    Method: We collated data from the OHCA Outcomes Registry for all non-EMS witnessed OHCA in West Yorkshire treated by Yorkshire Ambulance Service. We analysed clusters of PCDs with high and low levels of RSAH and CFR activity between 2014 and 2018 using descriptive statistics, and comparisons were made between groups using chi-square and t-test.
    Results: The reported bystander CPR rate for non-EMS witnessed OHCA cases for West Yorkshire rose from 38.4% in 2014 to 69.7% in 2018. The largest increases were seen in PCDs with high RSAH activity (+34.3%) and in the combination of high RSAH and low CFR activity (+38.5%). There was no significant difference when considering the interaction between RSAH and CFR groups.
    Conclusion: The data infers the possibility of a non-significant association between improved non-EMS bystander CPR rates and RSAH training and CFR scheme activity. We recommend coordinated mass training, in particular for children in regions where CPR is not a mandatory part of the school curriculum.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-04
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2666-5204
    ISSN (online) 2666-5204
    DOI 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100115
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  7. Article ; Online: Orientia tsutsugamushi modulates cellular levels of NF-κB inhibitor p105.

    Wangsanut, Tanaporn / Brann, Katelynn R / Adcox, Haley E / Carlyon, Jason A

    PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    2021  Volume 15, Issue 4, Page(s) e0009339

    Abstract: Background: Scrub typhus is a neglected tropical disease that threatens more than one billion people. If antibiotic therapy is delayed, often due to mis- or late diagnosis, the case fatality rate can increase considerably. Scrub typhus is caused by the ... ...

    Abstract Background: Scrub typhus is a neglected tropical disease that threatens more than one billion people. If antibiotic therapy is delayed, often due to mis- or late diagnosis, the case fatality rate can increase considerably. Scrub typhus is caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium, Orientia tsutsugamushi, which invades phagocytes and endothelial cells in vivo and diverse tissue culture cell types in vitro. The ability of O. tsutsugamushi to replicate in the cytoplasm indicates that it has evolved to counter eukaryotic host cell immune defense mechanisms. The transcription factor, NF-κB, is a tightly regulated initiator of proinflammatory and antimicrobial responses. Typically, the inhibitory proteins p105 and IκBα sequester the NF-κB p50:p65 heterodimer in the cytoplasm. Canonical activation of NF-κB via TNFα involves IKKβ-mediated serine phosphorylation of IκBα and p105, which leads to their degradation and enables NF-κB nuclear translocation. A portion of p105 is also processed into p50. O. tsutsugamushi impairs NF-κB translocation into the nucleus, but how it does so is incompletely defined.
    Principal findings: Western blot, densitometry, and quantitative RT-PCR analyses of O. tsutsugamushi infected host cells were used to determine if the pathogen's ability to inhibit NF-κB is linked to modulation of p105. Results demonstrate that p105 levels are elevated several-fold in O. tsutsugamushi infected HeLa and RF/6A cells with only a nominal increase in p50. The O. tsutsugamushi-stimulated increase in p105 is bacterial dose- and protein synthesis-dependent, but does not occur at the level of host cell transcription. While TNFα-induced phosphorylation of p105 serine 932 proceeds unhindered in infected cells, p105 levels remain elevated and NF-κB p65 is retained in the cytoplasm.
    Conclusions: O. tsutsugamushi specifically stabilizes p105 to inhibit the canonical NF-κB pathway, which advances understanding of how it counters host immunity to establish infection.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-15
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2429704-5
    ISSN 1935-2735 ; 1935-2727
    ISSN (online) 1935-2735
    ISSN 1935-2727
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009339
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  8. Article ; Online: Correction: Naimi, W.A., et al. Differential Susceptibility of Male versus Female Laboratory Mice to

    Naimi, Waheeda A / Green, Ryan S / Cockburn, Chelsea L / Carlyon, Jason A

    Tropical medicine and infectious disease

    2019  Volume 4, Issue 1

    Abstract: The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [ ... ]. ...

    Abstract The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [...].
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-03-23
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Published Erratum
    ISSN 2414-6366
    ISSN (online) 2414-6366
    DOI 10.3390/tropicalmed4010051
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  9. Article ; Online: Of goats and men: rethinking anaplasmoses as zoonotic infections.

    Beyer, Andrea R / Carlyon, Jason A

    The Lancet. Infectious diseases

    2015  Volume 15, Issue 6, Page(s) 619–620

    MeSH term(s) Anaplasma/classification ; Anaplasma/isolation & purification ; Animals ; Ehrlichiosis/epidemiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Tick-Borne Diseases/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-03-29
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2061641-7
    ISSN 1474-4457 ; 1473-3099
    ISSN (online) 1474-4457
    ISSN 1473-3099
    DOI 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70097-6
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  10. Article ; Online: The Obligate Intracellular Bacterial Pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum Exploits Host Cell Multivesicular Body Biogenesis for Proliferation and Dissemination.

    Read, Curtis B / Lind, Mary Clark H / Chiarelli, Travis J / Izac, Jerilyn R / Adcox, Haley E / Marconi, Richard T / Carlyon, Jason A

    mBio

    2022  Volume 13, Issue 6, Page(s) e0296122

    Abstract: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the etiologic agent of the emerging infection, granulocytic anaplasmosis. This obligate intracellular bacterium lives in a host cell-derived vacuole that receives membrane traffic from multiple organelles to fuel its ... ...

    Abstract Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the etiologic agent of the emerging infection, granulocytic anaplasmosis. This obligate intracellular bacterium lives in a host cell-derived vacuole that receives membrane traffic from multiple organelles to fuel its proliferation and from which it must ultimately exit to disseminate infection. Understanding of these essential pathogenic mechanisms has remained poor. Multivesicular bodies (MVBs) are late endosomal compartments that receive biomolecules from other organelles and encapsulate them into intralumenal vesicles (ILVs) using endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) machinery and ESCRT-independent machinery. Association of the ESCRT-independent protein, ALIX, directs MVBs to the plasma membrane where they release ILVs as exosomes. We report that the A. phagocytophilum vacuole (ApV) is acidified and enriched in lysobisphosphatidic acid, a lipid that is abundant in MVBs. ESCRT-0 and ESCRT-III components along with ALIX localize to the ApV membrane. siRNA-mediated inactivation of ESCRT-0 and ALIX together impairs A. phagocytophilum proliferation and infectious progeny production. RNA silencing of ESCRT-III, which regulates ILV scission, pronouncedly reduces ILV formation in ApVs and halts infection by arresting bacterial growth. Rab27a and its effector Munc13-4, which drive MVB trafficking to the plasma membrane and subsequent exosome release, localize to the ApV. Treatment with Nexinhib20, a small molecule inhibitor that specifically targets Rab27a to block MVB exocytosis, abrogates A. phagocytophilum infectious progeny release. Thus, A. phagocytophilum exploits MVB biogenesis and exosome release to benefit each major stage of its intracellular infection cycle: intravacuolar growth, conversion to the infectious form, and exit from the host cell.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Anaplasma phagocytophilum/pathogenicity ; Anaplasma phagocytophilum/physiology ; Anaplasmosis/metabolism ; Anaplasmosis/microbiology ; Cell Proliferation ; Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport/metabolism ; Multivesicular Bodies/metabolism ; Protein Transport ; Organelle Biogenesis
    Chemical Substances Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-21
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2557172-2
    ISSN 2150-7511 ; 2161-2129
    ISSN (online) 2150-7511
    ISSN 2161-2129
    DOI 10.1128/mbio.02961-22
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